【Guest】
Scott Moore - Co-founder of Gitcoin
【Host】
Frances - Contributor of 0x499 DAO, Co-founder of Udaya
【Key topics】
History of Scott and Gitcoin；
Model of Gitcoin and rationale behind it；
Scale and alignment are essential for Gitcoin；
New endeavor for Scott - Public Works Capital；
Think into the future - broad open source movement, AI, Zuzalu, network states.
【Timeline】
1) Personal stories of Scott, Gitcoin’s history, transfer from platform model to protocol model
Grants program - quadratic funding shown to be signal to distribute capital
Why protocol model? Making sure protocol maintains to be neutral; Find funding; Promote alignment
Conway’s law - organizations design systems that mirror their own communication structure
2) What are the things he is most proud of? Not satisfied? Challenges？
What’s missing now - too few general open source projects other than Ethereum
3) Recent endeavor - Public Works Capital
Reason - self-sustainable, monetize interesting projects, benefiting the whole ecosystem
Model - mutually aligned, better model to exit to community, cross-subsidize
4) General discussion of public goods
The importance of positive externalities.
5) Other topics involving Zuzalu / network state economies / AI
6) Last words and advice
Do small, scale and incremental work. Don’t be afraid. Plan for sustainability.